SculptureFrench18th-19th century
Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736-1793)
18th-19th century
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Louis-Pierre DeseineArtist after
Jean-Antoine HoudonPrevious attribution
Jean-Sylvain BaillySitter
Description
Bronze bust on marble base with bronze foot.
Dimensions
25.8 x 10.1 x 10.1 cm (10 3/16 x 4 x 4 in.)
Provenance
Marquis Réne de Girardin, Paris, 1902. [E. F. Bonaventure Inc., New York], sold; to Genville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
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